World Cup: USA vs England

• patriots34

  Has either team released their starting lineup yet?
• tk421

  

  Swamp Fox;387620 wrote:If it were baseball or basketball or "American" football, the choice would be simple. Those three sports sort of belong to the US. As much as we have tried and as excited as many have gotten over American soccer, the sport just doesn't seem to have ever really caught on in this country. I know all about the thousands of soccer facilities opening around the country and so forth and so on, but the bottom line says that the effort has, on an international scale, been pretty much a bust. If we win, it's almost always considered an upset and how many years do we continue to use the fact that soccer is somehow new in this country. It is no longer new. We just aren't very good at it despite the best efforts of many who hope that we will become this huge soccer power. I just don't think it's ever really going to happen. As far as the England-US match is concerned, I'll go with a 1-0 England victory and there-in is the other huge problem. The game moves too slowly for us and the scoreboard hardly ever has to have bulbs replaced due to massive scoring. I'd really like to see the US win. I always root for the American team, but some things just weren't meant to be. Soccer is an English game, not an American game.

  
  I think you do have to consider the fact that soccer isn't our national sport when considering the U.S. lack of success. Most of the countries in the WC have maybe 1-2 sports, and their best athletes are playing soccer. Could you imagine how successful the U.S. could be if we had our best athletes playing soccer instead of NFL/NBA? We just have to many freaking choices.
• jordo212000

  

  I've got England.
• Strapping Young Lad

  

  
  
  
• slingshot4ever

  It is just about game time. Lets go USA!
• justincredible

  

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• End of Line

  

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• hoops23

  

  USA! USA! USA!!!
• End of Line

  

  USA!!! Game time baby.
• Strapping Young Lad

  

  Haha!!!!! Genius^^^^^
  
  America FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!
• End of Line

  

  Ugh........
• hoops23

  

  NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
  
  What a terrible defensive breakdown already.
• tk421

  

  Shit. 1 - 0 England. USA might fold because of the early goal given up.
• justincredible

  

  Dammit!
• Rotinaj

  

  wowwwwwwwwwwwwww
• tk421

  

  That was terrible.
• Strapping Young Lad

  

  Fuck it......
  
  England FUCK YEAH!!!!!
• hoops23

  

  That was the one thing that concerned me for this one game, and that was our defensive back line.
• Strapping Young Lad

  

  At least we still have 85 minutes to comeback.
• tk421

  

  U.S needs an equalizer before the half or I don't like our chances.
• hoops23

  

  Or give up more goals^^
  
  Our offensive possessions have sucked ass too.
• tk421

  

  Isn't this how it always goes though with U.S. soccer? Everyone always thinks that our time will finally come to play on the big stage then we get into the game and stink it up.
• tk421

  

  Three corners in a row. Come on USA! UGH!
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  tk421;387705 wrote: Could you imagine how successful the U.S. could be if we had our best athletes playing soccer instead of NFL/NBA? We just have to many freaking choices.

  
  I was just thinking this exact same thing, the US would kick some ass. I could see Larry Fitzgerald as a nice goalkeeper.
• hoops23

  

  Good chances, but wasted.